it has been a few weeks since the dark guild incident and Cloud has been doing solo missions and earning reputation in killing and his bounty has died down with no sightings of him, he has also been doing intel gathering missions learning of invasions and stopping them with the help of other members, however he was reported to return after this mission he was currently on in a village where he was granted a mission to kidnap a women who betrayed some people.
walking through the streets of the village he started searching around through the shadows for the subject that matches the information he was given, he couldn't seem to find him cursing his annoyance, he appeared atop a building looking around, still not finding him, jumping down he decided to start waking around looking for him.
[???]hey you, take that cloak off
being stopped by a gang of people who were intimidating him to take the cloak off he just disappeared behind them and carried on, seeing this they were surprised however the leader of them looked displeased
[???]LOOK YOU PUNK YOU THI-(bang)
getting elbowed in the stomach he fell to the ground knocked out from the lack of air and pain, seeing this the rest of them took a step back however angered the rest took out there weapons with one rushing up behind he went to slash at him with his sword however turning around and grabbing his hand "don't just don't" feeling an oppressive aura and magical energy from him he dropped the sword in fear and trembled
[???]IM SORRY, IM REALLY SORRY PLEASE SPARE ME
[Cloud]just leave
quickly running back the rest of them waited for him to leave grabbing there leader and leaving, he carried on trying to look for him, after several hours he had finally found her she matched the description blue hair with green eyes, seeing her he hid his presence and followed her back to her house, after scouting around the area no one was around, finding this to be the perfect opportunity he quickly took this opportunity appearing in her house she was still awake.
walking through with muffled footsteps, he made his way to her, however when he saw her she was crying and staring at a picture of a girl, surprisingly enough it was Kayla, wondering why she knew her he figured he never found or met the parents of Kayla so this might've been her mother, quickly releasing his magic she was surprised and quickly drew back.
[???]who are you what do you want? was it them?
[Cloud]calm down miss, i just need to ask something
[???]if it's about the book i don't know anything so just leave
[Cloud]book? what book? look im not here for that i wanna know how you know that girl?
pointing at the photo she was holding she trembled at the thought of her daughter being found out, steering at him with a murderous intent Cloud was confused
[???]how....how do you know her? did you touch her?
[Cloud]look miss i think there's a miss understanding are you her mother?
[???]no i only know the girl why what's it to you?
[Cloud]no need to lie your daughter is safe and i can take you to her
thinking about it she was also staring at him with suspicious eyes, maybe it was a trap to bring her in or just some mind trick, maybe it was the truth but she couldn't take chances right now
[???]and how should i believe you
[Cloud]true i guess you have no reason to however i can tell you one thing
[???]and whats that?
[Cloud]i was sent to kidnap you by some people, they payed a hefty price so i either take you to your daughter and you be happy with your little girl or i take you to my contractors and i simply send your daughter off to some orphanage where she can be miserable for her whole life, your choice how about it?
[???]you dare make those remarks you bastard, i could scream and the guards will be here in seconds
[Cloud]and i could grab you and leave within a single second, wanna try it?
releasing his magical pressure she was pushed to ground like a force of gravity weighed on her, barely able to breath and about to pass out he retracted his aura, still lying on the floor trembling and shaking she looked at him his figure like a monarch of death eyes glowed red through the cloak sending only thoughts of death through her mind.
[Cloud]now that you know what is your decision?
[???]i....i'll (huff) g...go (cough) (cough)
grabbing her they disappeared from where they were to outside the village, it would take a day to reach back to malba so they decided to camp out in the forest for the night, setting up a hamick and cooking a wandering troll that was dumb enough to attack them, surprisingly enough it tasted really good.
[???]hey names Milita by the way, and how do you know my daughter?
[Cloud]you don't concern yourself with me, also i stopped livari(dark) poison magic that was inside of her body
[Milita]th....thank you for um saving my daughter
[Cloud]don't thank me it was my leader is the one who had saved her life i simply got more magic that was hanging around in her body
hearing this she started giggling and laughing at what he said hearing this he turned to her
[Cloud]what's so funny?
[Milita]it's funny how you try and always have this dark side even after your bringing me to my daughter and not only saved her life but mine too
[Cloud]yeah well for someone who found out there daughter was poisoned you don't seem that worried about how she was poisoned nor wondering why i did it, maybe a favour in the future?
[Milita]no im not worried because she was already saved and you don't seem like the type of person to concern himself with such a troublesome matter
hearing this he just looked back towards the forest "you can sleep i'll stay up and make sure your safe, also here" throwing his cloak at her for a blanket he still had his mask on, smiling she took the offer and surprising her the cloak smelt nice, she expected the smell to be disturbing but it wasn't.
leaning on a tree he turned his head to the sky, thinking about fairy tail "i wonder if i can come back yet maybe not" hearing this Milita was a bit concerned.
after a few hours he heard some rustling in the bushes opening his eyes he felt the presence for a while it seemed to be a pack of wolfs but they seemed to have been weak due to starvation, it was only 3 of them, not batting an eye he threw his throwing knives killing them, after wards he absorbed there bodies into the shadows turning them into nothing but bones.
closing his eyes again he started remembering more of the past he started becoming disturbed remembering more and more "LOOK BRAT YOU WERE SOLD TO US HURRY UP!!!" opening his eyes he seemed dead, getting up he left towards an open area a bit away from the site they set up in, in front of him was a group of trolls holding clubs who were looking at him and drooling as if hungry.
[Troll1]human, human meat taste good, human die and me eat human
[Troll2]human weak, human die by strong me
[Cloud]shut your mouths you detestable pests
walking over to him the troll towered over him although he was quite tall the trolls were a total of 3 and a half metres tall, sending his club down at him he simply grabbed it with electric surging around his body he clenched his other hand sending a fist at the troll, hitting it the head of it simply flew of with troll blood pouring out it covered his kitsune mask in blood a crimson red, quickly disappearing he was in front of another jumping up hit another killing it, with in moments the area was a pool of blood, drenched in red and in tattered clothes the dismembered trolls bodies lay there, however he was still hitting the mushed into the ground pieces that were left as he sat there hitting well recalling distant memories
[Cloud]why....why....why....why?
after an hour he had seemed to be out of breath and panting heavily, leaving the area he went to a nearby river washing up and cleaning his clothes, drying them by going through the dark shadows and having it absorb the water by placing his magic energy in it then absorbing it, he left back to Milita.
come morning Malita looked at Cloud who was cooking trolls meat(it's new meat) smelling it she was pleased from the ravishing smell and scooted over to the fire, quiet she greeted him
[Milita]morning
[Cloud]yeah.....hey
[Milita]uhhh...right anyway smells good...
[Cloud]......
with the awkward atmosphere they just ate in silence, leaving the area, they carried on towards malba however things seemed rather gloomy around Cloud, looking at him Milita wondered what happened last night she felt a rather dark aura around him, however she couldn't find an opportunity to ask him.
after a while they arrived at the malba walking through the streets of malba, Milita was steering in awe at everything around, however she wanted to see her daughter again
[Milita]so whe-
[Cloud]this way
interrupting her they started walking down a run down area, confused by this she also wore his cloak over her slef with the hood over her face so much as to not get caught or seen, after a while they ended up at a broken and old looking building, knocking on the door someone opened up a shutter seeing his mask he just opened the door, looking at the other figure who wore his cloak he didn't question since he was only a new member.
[Cloud]where is Alita?
[member]in her office sir
nodding they both left up the stairs, as many didn't even look his way out of fear Milita felt scared quickly rushing by his side since she didn't know what was going on, once they walked upstairs they walked down a long corridor, it was strange cause the building didn't seem that large, but that was due to illusion magic, entering her office they saw her talking to some other members, seeing him she dismissed the members, leaving she turned her head towards him
[Alita]so than whose the girl?
[Cloud]wheres Kayla?
[Alita]...shes with Flint playing in the room down the corridor second door to the right
turning his head to Milita and nodding she quickly left the office and went towards the room, looking back at Alita she stood up and handed him a job request held in hargeon port, grabbing it he skimmed through it was a trail mission to follow a someone than report the whereabouts to the guards, since they needed proof of what he was doing since he couldn't get efficient proof of this matter.